1611 Anglican Puritan Richard Hooker Church of England Ecclesiastical Polity

1611 Anglican Puritan Richard Hooker Church of England Ecclesiastical Polity

Richard Hooker, a 16^th-century English priest, was one of the most prominent and influential theologians that Anglicanism has seen.

“Hooker remains one of the greatest theologians that the English Church has ever possessed; and he conveyed his beliefs in a masterly English prose.”

– F.L. Cross: Oxford Dict. of the Christian Church

In fact, theological reforms would eventually come to be called ‘Anglicanism,’ a term that wasn’t used during his lifetime. He is remembered today for opposing the Puritan extremism, which is evidenced in his two major works – ‘Learned Discourse of Justification’ and ‘Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie.’

‘Ecclesiastical Politie’ is Hooker’s best work and is simply a response to Thomas Cartwright’s principles of Puritanism. It deals with instructions on how to govern churches and is, according to Duncan Forrester, “the first great work of philosophy and theology to be written in English”. This highly rare 1661 3^rd edition includes several smaller works as well, including sermons on the Epistle of Jude.

Item number: #27519

Price: $995

HOOKER, Richard

Of the lawes of ecclesiastical politie

London: by Will Stansby, (for Matthew Lownes), 1611.

Details:

• Collation: Complete
  • [50], 453, [1]
    • *Note: the title page suggests “eight books”, but only 5 were published, all of which are included in this volume
    • Book 5 with separate title page; volume continuously paginated
  • References: STC 13714
  • Language: English
    • Footnotes in Latin and Greek
  • Binding: Leather; tight and secure
    • Two functional metal clasps
  • Size: ~11.75in X 8.25in (29.5cm x 20.5cm)
  • VERY rare and desirable

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